About Nina Stibbe
Nina left Leicestershire for London as a teenager and after two years as a nanny she studied Humanities at Thames Polytechnic.
After graduating in 1987, she worked for a while in a Camden frock shop.
In 1990 she began a career in book publishing, working in various departments before becoming a commissioning editor at Routledge.
In 2002 she moved to Cornwall with her partner and children where she now writes, swims and makes bread.
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In tomorrow’s @TheTimesBooks section
Tessa Hadley on Elizabeth Taylor
@jojomoyes interviewed
@ninastibbe on the genius of Jane Gardam’s Old Filth @pamelaanderson‘s memoir (👍)
@Will___lloyd on Snakehead by @praddenkeefe (👍) @loubgray‘s Avocado Anxiety 1 Retweets
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Tessa Hadley on Elizabeth Taylor
@jojomoyes interviewed
@ninastibbe on the genius of Jane Gardam’s Old Filth @pamelaanderson‘s memoir (👍)
@Will___lloyd on Snakehead by @praddenkeefe (👍) @loubgray‘s Avocado Anxiety 1 Retweets

@chinarhyming @annesebba @essiefox @thetimes It’s the 50th anniversary of the Abacus imprint. They’re celebrating by reissuing a book from each of the 5 decades. 1 Likes
I’ve just read @ninastibbe on Old Filth in @thetimes. Nina – this is one of my favourite books (the whole trilogy) and you’ve inspired me to read it again. I adore Jane Gardam’s books. What a beautiful new cover. Perfect!… 7 Retweets
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@BelgianWaffling Thank you! I can’t write reviews as gloriously as you do but I accepted this brief because I love this book so much 💕🧇
Peggy at St Pancras ..sitting on my suitcase because of cold floor/paws. https://t.co/yUW5a5U9fP 132 Likes 3 Retweets
Read @ninastibbe on her love for Jane Gardam’s wistful and witty Old Filth 👇👇
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Well this is an amazing moment. Thank you, Nicola Sturgeon. https://t.co/P8n1kXJr28 6 Retweets
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Hello! Today I’m TWENTY NINE YEARS SOBER 🥳
Back in January 1994 I thought my life was over. But its been the most WONDERFUL journey.
If you’re struggling with or worried about alcohol I PROMISE you that recovery is possible,… 429 Retweets
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Back in January 1994 I thought my life was over. But its been the most WONDERFUL journey.
If you’re struggling with or worried about alcohol I PROMISE you that recovery is possible,… 429 Retweets

my novel is out today and i already cried about this fact yesterday, in a room full of my peers and about nine people i have a crush on, so i will just say, as straightforwardly as possible, please do… 95 Retweets
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Since nobody was writing about this whole Prince Harry thing, I reckoned I should step up to the plate and give it a go. On treason, base jumping and life after the psychopath factory.
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Nina's Blog
The good nanny
My book Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life is the letters I wrote to my sister when I was a live-in nanny to two boys in the…
Read MoreGoing home for Xmas
First published in Psychologies, January 2014 Until I had children of my own I almost always went home for Xmas to my mum and step-dad’s house…
Read MoreAlmost famous
First published in The Sunday Times, 10th Nov 2013 When I left Leicestershire in the 1980s, to become a nanny in London, the thing that most…
Read MoreNot in front of the children
An edited version of this article was published in The Guardian, 10 November 2013 ‘We’ll have to stop swearing soon’, I said to my friend a few…
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